This fits in with perspectives from George Lakoff. I was actually looking for topics with Derren Brown regarding people's tendency toward thinking in binary opposition, particularly in relation to polarized political thinking. My personal view is that this is also emotionally driven and involves the fight or flight response. That is, there's no sitting on the fence when it's time to run (or fight). (Note that view contrary to this is Buridan's ass.)
So compassion from the liberal left involves what aspect of the fight or flight response? Fight? To protect weaker members of a tribe? ... The issue I have with the left... is that might makes right. Our civilizations are based on that. People will kill other people for the sake of an ideology... How messed up is that? Protecting people... is a luxury. Killing people... is... also a luxury. I don't think people are approaching these topics in am efficient way. They want to feel right. They don't want a solution for a bigger picture.
@@chillingongreens To be clear, the point about fight or flight is about binary thinking, it's relevant to the political spectrum in that binary thinking is used rhetorically to push concepts into little boxes on the extremes so that they can be parodied and demonized. And, in striving to be a centrist, I then also strive to escape the trap of binary thinking. Also, a little trip over to Wikipedia and we see that deeper thinkers in the academic world see multiple dimensions or multiple political spectrum. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_spectrum And, they don't fall into the trap of thinking that everyone on the right is libertarian and therefore everyone on the left is authoritarian. Yes, those are the tendencies in many western countries, particularly the U.S., but that just shows how easily people can be manipulated with binary thinking. Note that this is part of what Darren Browns is experimenting with here, in that he's showing that people can be flipped in certain ways. I should wonder how much more he might have done with binary thinking itself. Perhaps the episode titled "Kitten": ruclips.net/video/Q2YSNm66sQQ/видео.html (super creepy). Time for some research.
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He's brilliant. The academic world should be trying to dissect him alive.
But they won't. Everyone is so disappointing.
This fits in with perspectives from George Lakoff. I was actually looking for topics with Derren Brown regarding people's tendency toward thinking in binary opposition, particularly in relation to polarized political thinking. My personal view is that this is also emotionally driven and involves the fight or flight response. That is, there's no sitting on the fence when it's time to run (or fight). (Note that view contrary to this is Buridan's ass.)
So compassion from the liberal left involves what aspect of the fight or flight response?
Fight? To protect weaker members of a tribe?
... The issue I have with the left... is that might makes right. Our civilizations are based on that.
People will kill other people for the sake of an ideology... How messed up is that?
Protecting people... is a luxury. Killing people... is... also a luxury.
I don't think people are approaching these topics in am efficient way.
They want to feel right.
They don't want a solution for a bigger picture.
@@chillingongreens To be clear, the point about fight or flight is about binary thinking, it's relevant to the political spectrum in that binary thinking is used rhetorically to push concepts into little boxes on the extremes so that they can be parodied and demonized. And, in striving to be a centrist, I then also strive to escape the trap of binary thinking. Also, a little trip over to Wikipedia and we see that deeper thinkers in the academic world see multiple dimensions or multiple political spectrum. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_spectrum And, they don't fall into the trap of thinking that everyone on the right is libertarian and therefore everyone on the left is authoritarian. Yes, those are the tendencies in many western countries, particularly the U.S., but that just shows how easily people can be manipulated with binary thinking. Note that this is part of what Darren Browns is experimenting with here, in that he's showing that people can be flipped in certain ways. I should wonder how much more he might have done with binary thinking itself. Perhaps the episode titled "Kitten": ruclips.net/video/Q2YSNm66sQQ/видео.html (super creepy). Time for some research.
He can see the complexity within human nature and it makes him very competent at manipulating people.